Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Tuesday's Toe Trauma

By Britt:

My day started off with a bang when my mom and Jack came to wake me up at 6:45 this morning. A new machete cut was here, they said, and it was pretty bad. I got dressed and headed out to check it out. I'm doing something new with this medical post, per my mother's advice/request. Since I guess it is *mean* to post graphic medically-related pictures, even with warning, I will be linking to a separate post with the details/pictures included.

So for those of you who don't choose to get the whole story, here's a quick run-down. And I would describe the photos as kind-of gross/bad-ish. I mean, they will be to all of you who find pictures of blood and severed digits gross. If you fall in this category, then don't click the link below. I personally find it awesome (not the fact that somebody's digit was severed ... just that ... well you know what I mean, right? ) I know that some of you do too but I figure I need to practice good blogging etiquette and warn you.

I'll briefly give a run-down on this post so you can decide if you would like to proceed to the post where the pictures will be. It's a machete cut on a foot. The 28 year old man, named Tiroy, was standing and cutting branches below him, parallel to/below his feet. He had just sharpened his machete, so at least rust/dirt was kind of less of a factor. The cut is in-between the third and fourth toe. When he came to me, he had roughly 4 1/2 toes. Now he has 4.....

Who we are...

To Reach Us: Livesayfamily@gmail.com - We live, learn, love, & work in Port au Prince, Haiti. In the twelve years we've been here, one thing we've learned: God is not made manifest in our ability to "fix" or heal, but in our need to be healed. Recognizing this weakness leaves us in a position of having little to offer. It reveals our own need to be restored. We are not fixers of people or things. We are here trying to extend love and grace to others, the way it has been extended to us.

May God bless us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships - so that we may live deep within our hearts. May God bless us with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people - so that we may work for justice, freedom, and peace. May God bless us with tears to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger, and war - so that we may reach out our hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy. And may God bless us with enough foolishness to believe that we can make a difference in the world - so that we can do what others claim cannot be done, to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor. Amen. (Franciscan Benediction)

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